efficacy and tolerability of erenumab in patients with trigeminal neuralgia

Conditions: Trigeminal Neuralgia

Summary: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized proof-of-concept study to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the cgrp receptor antibody erenumab in treating pain experienced by subjects with tn.


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * a diagnosis of primary tn (idiopathic or classical) according to criteria of the interna-tional classification of headache disorders 3rd edition (1). * age between 18 and 85 years. * subjects must have a minimum mean of three tn related pain paroxysms per day with a mean adp of 4 to 10, inclusive, on the 11-point nrs (0= no pain; 10= maximum pain imaginable) during the 7-day screening phase to enter the baseline phase. * subjects must have a minimum mean of three tn related pain paroxysms per day with a mean adp of 4 to 10, inclusive, on the 11-point nrs (0= no pain; 10= maximum pain imaginable) during the 4-week baseline phase to enter the treatment phase (to be randomized). * fertile women must use safe contraceptives and present with a negative u-hcg at visit 1. safe contraceptives are defined as intra-uterine devices, contraceptive pills or implants and surgical sterilization. exclusion criteria: * significant cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease such as ischemic heart disease, previous myocardial infarction or previous stroke or transient ischemic attack, major cvd interventions. * language difficulties. * poor compliance, i.e. unlikely to be able to complete all protocol required study visits or procedures, and/or to comply with all required study procedures to the best of the sub-ject's and investigator's knowledge. * severe psychiatric disease. * anamnestic or clinical symptoms of any kind that are deemed relevant for study partici-pation by the physician who examines the patient. * taking any tn-medication, where the prescribed daily dose has changed within 2 weeks prior to the baseline period (refer to section 6.4 for the list of these medications). * pregnant or breastfeeding, or is a female expecting to conceive during the study, includ-ing through 4 weeks after treatment. * female subject of childbearing potential who is unwilling to use an acceptable method of effective contraception during the study. acceptable methods of effective birth control include not having intercourse (true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject), hormonal birth control methods (pills, shots/injections, implants, or patches), intrauterine devices, surgical contraceptive methods (vasectomy with medical assessment of the surgical success of this procedure or bilateral tubal ligation), or two barrier methods (each partner must use one barrier method) with spermicide - males must use a condom with spermicide; females must choose either a diaphragm with spermicide, or cervical cap with spermicide, or contraceptive sponge with spermicide. female subjects not of childbearing potential are defined as any female who: is post-menopausal by history, defined as: age ≥ 55 years with cessation of menses for 12 or more months, or age \ 40 iu/l) or postmenopausal estradiol levels (\< 5 ng/dl) or according to the definition of "postmeno-pausal range" for the laboratory involved. or o underwent bilateral oophorectomy or o underwent hysterectomy or o underwent bilateral salpingectomy. * known sensitivity to any component of erenumab. * member of investigational site staff or relative of the investigator.